Unit 4

The Pursuit of Justice

Students will be expected to:

4.1 demonstrate an understanding of the events and forces that have shaped contemporary conceptions of justice

4.2 investigate a global event that has raised fundamental questions of justice

4.3 formulate and support a hypothesis regarding the examples of genocide that have occurred, and continue to occur, through the 20th and 21st centuries

4.4 describe approaches to, and barriers to, achieving greater universal justice

Universal Declaration of Human RightsThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL)Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) is a resource pack for teachers to introduce students aged 13 to 18 to the basic rules of international humanitarian law. It was designed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (CICR) in close association with the Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC). The learning materials, which provide 36 hours of activities, are based on real-life situations and show how IHL aims to protect life and human dignity during armed conflict and prevent and reduce the suffering and devastation caused by war.

EHL Videos:

Vietnam’s Struggle to Overcome the Legacy of US Bombs | Geopolitical MonitorWill ‘America First’ bring about a premature end to US financial assistance for cleaning up unexploded ordinance from the Vietnam War?

Some of the best landmine detectors are furry and have whiskersGiant rats from Africa have proven to be expert detectors of landmines, and are speeding up the process of creating a mine-free world. But mine detection isn't their only useful talent.

The Unlearned Lesson of My LaiA half-century after a brutal massacre in Vietnam, the United States still struggles to hold itself accountable for atrocities.

GENOCIDE.pptx

Six Day War: What happened - in 60 seconds - BBC NewsWhat happened in the 1967 Six Day War - told in 60 seconds.

‘Kill All You See’: In a First, Myanmar Soldiers Tell of Rohingya SlaughterVideo testimony from two soldiers supports widespread accusations that Myanmar’s military tried to eradicate the ethnic minority in a genocidal campaign.